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Restoration drawing of the SE side of the Arch (Stuart and Revett). Hadrian's Arch in Athens, with the Acropolis seen in the background. 3/4 view Details of the lower level. The central projecting pediment of the upper level. The entire monument is made of Pentelic marble, from Mt. Pentelikon, 18.2 km northeast of the arch.
Hadrian's Arch in central Athens, Greece. [3] Hadrian's admiration for Greece materialised in such projects ordered during his reign. Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born on 24 January 76, in Italica (modern Santiponce, near Seville), a Roman town founded by Italic settlers in the province of Hispania Baetica during the Second Punic War at the initiative of Scipio Africanus; Hadrian's branch of ...
The Arch of Portugal (also referred to as the Arch of Hadrian, the Arch of Tropholi, the Arch of Tripoli or the Arch of Octavian) was an arch of Rome, situated on the ancient via Lata (now the via del Corso), just before its intersection with the via della Vite. [1]
The Eagle of the Ninth is one of Sutcliff's earlier books, but may be her best-known title. It is the first in a sequence of novels, followed by The Silver Branch, Frontier Wolf, The Lantern Bearers (which won a Carnegie Medal), Sword at Sunset, Dawn Wind, Sword Song, and The Shield Ring.
Antinous was the Greek lover to the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century CE. [5] Often referenced to as Hadrian's favorite, [2] [4] or more affectionately Hadrian's boyfriend, [5] Antinous was born in Bithynium 110 CE and is speculated to have drowned in the river Nile before his twentieth birthday in 130 CE. [6]
Head of Antinous found at Hadrian's Villa, dating from 130–138 AD, now at the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome, Italy. Antinous was born to a Greek family near the city of Claudiopolis, [9] [6] which was located in the Roman province of Bithynia, [10] in what is now north-west Turkey.
Schematic reconstruction of the Arch of Hadrian in Tel Shalem, dedicated to the Emperor for defeating the Jewish revolt of 132–135 Roman casualties were heavy; Legio X Fretensis sustained heavy casualties during the revolt, [ 3 ] and Legio XXII Deiotariana was disbanded following the revolt, perhaps because of serious losses. [ 148 ]
Ruins of the triumphal arch of Antoninus Pius outside the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore in Eleusis, Greece, imitating Hadrian's Arch in Athens. In 156, Antoninus Pius turned 70. He found it difficult to keep himself upright without stays. He started nibbling on dry bread to give him the strength to stay awake through his morning receptions.